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Program Results Reports describe RWJF’s interest in the area and strategy for addressing the problem for those working in the field or interested in undertaking similar efforts. They explain the problem addressed; the activities undertaken; the results or findings from the work; lessons for the field; any post-grant activities—by the grantee or RWJF—and they include a bibliography of material produced during the project or program.

Students Run LA expanded to serve students ages 12–15 in the Los Angeles area. They also developed a replication toolkit that the National Nursing Centers Consortium used to create a similar program in Philadelphia.

Cure Violence puts trained outreach workers and "violence interrupters" in urban neighborhoods to engage youth and mediate high-risk conflicts before they turn violent. Born in Chicago, the public health approach has been widely replicated.

From November 2008 through August 2013, the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior implemented social and emotional learning programs at a wellness center in Santa Monica and at six schools in West Los Angeles.

The California Center for Public Health Advocacy studied data on childhood obesity in the state to determine whether incidence of the condition had declined from 2005 to 2010, and whether any decline could be attributed to changes in policy.

During 2006 to 2007, TV and radio host Tavis Smiley convened town hall meetings in four U.S. cities to raise awareness of childhood obesity. A key organization in each city then worked to spur state and local efforts to address the growing problem.

In August 2010, the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, in Los Angeles, added a nursing school to address the needs of underserved communities. Under this project (2008–2011), the school developed programs leading to a Master of Science in Nursing degree and enrolled its first students.